Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1914, Sept. 21 | Born, Chemnitz, Germany |
| 1922 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1937 | Graduate, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1958 | Chairman, Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation |
| 1961 | Founder, Metromedia, Inc. |
| 1981 | Married Patricia Rose Gay (divorced 1990) |
| 1984 | Leveraged buyout of Metromedia, Inc. |
| 1986 | Sold Metromedia television stations to 20th Century Fox |
| 1997 | Donated the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1998 | Married Maria Tussi Kuttner |
| 2000 | Founded the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress |
| 2001 | Donated Albemarle County, Va., estate to the University of Virginia |
| 2010, Sept. 7 | Died, Charlottesville, Va. |